Sinlung is in possession of an
exclusive document which shows that Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi
ignored warning of a possible riot in Bodoland Territorial Areas
District (BTAD) areas in the state.

On
July 7, the president of the Kokrajhar unit of Congress had sent an
urgent fax to Gogoi, requesting him to send CRPF forces to the region as
he feared that riots could break out any moment in the state. But the
chief minister did not respond to the mail.

Assam
Pradesh Congress Committee vice-president Y.L. Karna had also submitted
a report to Gogoi warning him of an impending riot after he visited
Kokrajhar on July 7 to inquire into the incident of killing of minority
students in the district a day before.

Interestingly, on July 27, the
chief minister had put the blame on the central government for the delay
in sending army to the riot-affected areas.

The very next day when reporters
asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his reaction to Gogoi's
allegation, the CM grabbed the microphone and said he hadn't said this.

Meanwhile,
the death toll in the Bodo-Muslim violence has reached 71. Meanwhile,
home minister P. Chidambaram is set to visit the violence-hit areas of
the state for two days beginning today (Monday) and review the security
situation and relief and rehabilitation measures.

Chidambaram,
who has been monitoring the Assam situation ever since clashes between
Bodos and immigrant minorities broke out, will hold meetings with top
civil and police officers and take stock of the law and order situation
in the four riot-hit districts Kokrajhar, Chirang, Dhubri and
Bongaigaon.

The home
minister is expected to visit a few relief camps and review the relief
and rehabilitation steps taken for those who lost their kin and suffered
losses during the violence. Chidambaram is likely to hold separate
meetings with state governor J.B. Patnaik, the chief minister and his
council of ministers.